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Does your cleaning lady use a mop for floors?

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Total Votes : 234

amother

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:37 pm

I'm having a cleaning lady this week, I didn't have one in years.
Is it okay to ask them to wash all the floors with a shmata?
I know people will say yes but how is that okay? I can't wash all my floors on my knees, the most I can do at a time is one or two rooms max

Please answer poll

amother

Rainbow

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:40 pm

amother OP wrote:

Is it okay to ask them to wash all the floors with a shmata?

jflower

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:42 pm

No, it's not ok to expect her to wash the floor on her hands and knees. If you don't have a mop, buy one.

Eselle13

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:43 pm

Mine actually doesn't like to use my mop. She likes to wrap a shmatte over a broom

zaq

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:50 pm

Absolutely not, unless you mean the Israeli-style sponja which uses a big cloth and a squeegee on a stick. Expecting someone to wash floors on hands and knees is disrespectful, humiliating, and probably inhumane. Even if that's how you prefer to wash your own floors. Buy a mop.

amother

DarkYellow

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 9:54 pm

My cleaning lady rarely mops, I use a robot mop. My floors are very clean.

amother

Snow

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:03 pm

My cleaning lady mops every other day, she uses the o-cedar mop
My floors are spotless
I’m not sure why you think you would need her to get on hands and knees with a shmatta. If you’d like that, you can do it yourself

notshanarishona

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:05 pm

That’s extremely demeaning to ask anyone to get down on hands and knees with a rag. Buy a mop and treat her like a human being please.

amother

Cinnamon

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:05 pm

My cleaning lady also uses the microfiber Ocedar mop. It gets washed in the washing machine after each use. My house is bh very clean.

amother

Forsythia

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:06 pm

amother Snow wrote:

Which 1?

amother

Viola

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:06 pm

Please buy her a mop. It's wrong to expect her to go on her hands and knees. Mine asked me for a specific mop and I bought it.

happy7

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:12 pm

I wish mine would clean on her hands and knees. It’s totally not happening. Inappropriate expectation

amother

Snow

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:13 pm

amother Forsythia wrote:

Which 1?

This one
O-Cedar Easywring Microfiber Spin Mop & Bucket Floor Cleaning System with 1 Extra Refill,Red / Gray https://a.co/d/4z1EsQ3

amother

Viola

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:14 pm

amother Snow wrote:

This one
O-Cedar Easywring Microfiber Spin Mop & Bucket Floor Cleaning System with 1 Extra Refill,Red / Gray https://a.co/d/4z1EsQ3

That's the one my lady asked me to buy also

amother

Tealblue

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:16 pm

amother Snow wrote:

Mine also uses it. How often do you change the head

amother

Garnet

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:16 pm

I once had a friend tell me she has her cleaning lady fo this and I was appalled. I can't imagine floors would be cleaner that way either.

watergirl

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:19 pm

OP - why would you ask this of her?

amother

Cinnamon

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:20 pm

https://www.amazon.com/O-Cedar.....r=8-8

This gets screwed off and washed every time it is used. I airdry it . Fresh and clean for next use. I also have the white one, with the bucket that squeezes out the water. That gets washed too.

amother

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:32 pm

watergirl wrote:

OP - why would you ask this of her?

I would never! I just wanted to see what other's are doing because irl people seem to ask there ladies to wash with a shmata on all fours

amother

Oxfordblue

Mon, Jan 15 2024, 10:38 pm

We did not have cleaning help growing up. My mother never had a mop and washed floors with shmatta. It's what I do, too, because I don't think mops do a decent job. We now have a mop because my teenage daughter insisted and just doesn't buy in to the concept.

I don't have cleaning help currently, but have in the past. I can say 100% that in NYC you must provide a mop unless the cleaner brings their own tools (some services they do that). The cleaning women who work in NYC find it incredibly demeaning. I am not sure if it a cultural difference (most of the ladies who worked for me were from Ecuador) or just changing times/expectations (as you can see by the responses to your question).

Even though I would never ask a cleaner to do something I wouldn't do, you don't have to hold them to your standards if the norm/standard is less. I am sure they will do a nice enough job with the mop and if they aren't bringing their own they are not very expensive.

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